Śiva and Parvātī (Umā-Maheśhvara)

<span>27 November 1961, purchased from Ernst Hauswedell (Hamburg, Germany) auction, "Indien &amp; Siam Plastik des 2.-18. Jahrhunderts: Sammlung Kurt Stavenhagen, Teil II: Persische Bronzen (Luristan &amp; Amlasch) Sammlung R. und Beiträge aus anderem Besitz," [sale 110, lot 44] by Dr. Johanna E. van Lohuizen-de Leeuw, Professor of Indian Art and Archaeology, University of Amsterdam on behalf of Earl and Irene Morse; August 1963, deposited on long-term loan by Earl and Irene Morse at the University of Wisconsin–Madison; April 1964, gifted by Earl and Irene Morse to the University of Wisconsin; 1967, transferred to the University''s Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]. [Last researched by Chazen staff October 2023]</span>

• "SchoolsMusuemsART (SMART) Project." Madison, WI: Madison Metropolitan School District, 2002.
• Leoshko, Janice. "Pala Period Indian Art in the Elvehjem's Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin, 1986-1987. Elvehjem Museum of Art (1987): 32-38. pp. 32-38
• Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Elvehjem Museum of Art Bulletin/Annual Report 1986-1987." Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1988. p. 33
• Fogg Art Museum. "Indian Sculpture from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morse." Cambridge: Fogg Art Museum, 1963. p. 15, no. 11

• Pala Art: Buddhist and Hindu Sculpture from Eastern India, ca. 800-1200 AD: University of Iowa Museum of Art, 11/1/1969–12/3/1969
• Indian Sculpture from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Morse: Fogg Art Museum, 5/20/1963–8/3/1963

• Asia
• Sculpture

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